Ratty Luger Carbine is now mine!

[MichaelH]

The end of November I was able acquire a "!902" Luger Carbine at a price I could talk myself (and my wife) into. It has some pitting and other damage to the finish, a dark bore, and came with an incorrect sideplate. The takedown lever was very stiff to move. It turns out it had a sideplate for a New Model Luger, just enough different to make the takedown lever stiff. I put the sideplate from the 1900 on the Luger Carbine, and the other sideplate on the 1900. The lever moves stiff on the 1900 now, but so what.

We actually had a day in December I could take it out and shoot it at the outdoor range.

We used two new Megar magazines and the early type mag that came with my "no Matching parts" 1900 Luger.

We fired 56 rounds of PPU FMJ ammo, Finochi FMJ ammo, and reloads with a plain lead bullet and with a red coated lead bullet.

It actually shot to point of aim at 25 yards. There two minor malfunctions. A failure to close completely with one of my lead bullet reloads and a failure to open completely with a Finnochi round. I also shot it for 5 rounds without the stock. It worked fine. The picture shows the Carbine and the ERMA .22 "Navy Model" that I have had for about 12 years. I recently got a set of grips for an earlier model ERMA. They are more comfortable and (in my mind) improve the look of the gun quite a bit.